Registration for Grand National Calling Championships Closes Jan. 12
Registration is open for the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Grand National Calling Championships scheduled for Feb. 15-17, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, during the NWTF Convention and Sport Show at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
For the 47th year, the Super Bowl of turkey calling contests will be held during the national convention, and more than 200 registered callers will compete in multiple divisions to determine the best callers in the country. The national event, livestreamed to several hundred thousand viewers each February, is co-sponsored by TETRA Hearing and Primos Hunting. The Senior Open Division and Friction Division are restricted to qualifiers who placed first at local and state contests during the 2023 calendar year. All other divisions – Owl, Gobbling, Team Air and Friction, and Youth (sponsored by Mossy Oak) – are open to anyone to register and call on the big stage in Nashville.
More than $30,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to winners in eight different calling divisions. Registered youth callers (ages 11-20) will be eligible to win a turkey hunting trip this spring as part of the Kansas One Shot Turkey Hunt April 18-20, 2024. Registration for all calling divisions closes Jan. 12, 2024. Visit your.nwtf.org/gncc to register, find rules for the contests and schedules, and view past GNCC champions and GNCC Hall of Fame inductees.
The NWTF will induct its fifth class of the Grand National Calling Championships Hall of Fame at the 48th annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show Feb. 17. Voted on by former GNCC champions and their peers, three individuals have been selected for induction in 2024: Billy Yargus, Eddie Salter and Chris Kirby. This free event in the Governor’s Ballroom is open to the public to honor and celebrate these three outstanding champion callers.
From 1977 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, site of the first GNCCs, to today’s grand contest in Nashville that serves as a prelude to wild turkey hunting seasons across the country, many great callers and supporters have played a pivotal role in promoting the sport of competitive turkey calling and cut a path for future outdoorsmen and women. Without their efforts to champion wild turkey hunting and calling, millions of hunters who pursue the wild turkey each spring would not have the opportunities available today. For more information, email gncc@nwtf.net or call (803) 637-7619.